BICYCLE!

NOW BRINGING YOU BACKWARDS IN TIME! 

This is another post I wrote back in Oh... probably April... that's been sitting on the Drafts shelf collecting dust. Time to resurrect it, polish it off, and get it posted! Original text will be in black (below) and anywhere I've added or changed will be in this lovely rusty red color. 

Without further ado... 

BICYCLES!

I love being active in the country!  Now, I have yet another way I can do just that, thanks to the super-cool, totally awesome birthday present from my husband! He got me... A NEW BIKE! Wahoo!!

It's so pretty...and shiny... and blue... and it WORKS GREAT! It has nice, fat tires to accommodate gravel and dirt roads. We can ride on the road, or through the pasture, or in the Lost River WMA... wherever we want! 

I haven't biked in years because my old bike is plum worn out. Jeff had tried to fix it, but well, we found in the end it wasn't worth fixing. It did come from WalMart, after all, so it wasn't anything fancy, but it got me through all of college and beyond.  I used to ride my bike to and from class daily. Yes, I was definitely the only Fashion Major who did that. Plus, I would go for 20 mile bike rides around town about once a week. 

When I moved to Wyoming, I biked to work when my schedule and the weather allowed. Sometime after moving to Montana, my bike bit the dust for good, however, and has since been in the garage, literally collecting dust. Jeff renewed interest in biking recently and tuned his up. I was sad because I wanted to join him but with my unrideable old junker, I was left behind. 

Until now! Now, I can join Jeff and Harvey on some gravel road bike excursions! Spring and summer are upon us and I have great plans for this bike! Let the biking adventures begin!! ( Cue the Queen song... I want to ride my bicycle! I want to ride my bike! I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it when I like!)


Interestingly, after I got my new bike, Jeff realized how old and worn out his actually was, so shortly after my birthday, we got Jeff a new bike, too. We're calling it an Anniversary gift. :) Truly, it was worth it for both of us! 

This photo was taken on Fathers Day, shortly after Tom also got a new bike. The four of us rode "around the block," which is actually a ten mile loop by Tom and Carol's place. We've also done a nice ride on the River's Edge Trail in Great Falls. Jeff and I take our bikes out once or twice a week and are finding it's great exercise for the dog, too. We'd love to try them out on the cow and game paths in our pastures since they look like they'd make perfect single-track style riding, but now that it's snake season, we'll probably give that idea  rest for a while. All in all, the bikes have been a wonderful investment in our health and have created another way for us to be outside and enjoy the beautiful countryside we live in.